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Ben Clemens

2:11

hope I'm wrong, I'd like as much Votto as possible

the person who asks the lunch question

2:11

what's for lunch?

Ben Clemens

2:11

leftovers from last night, which was impossibolognese (bolognese using impossible beef) and charred cauliflower

Zaidi

2:11

Cancelled Correa’s deal due to known injury concerns. Cut JD Davis and sent a message to players that they should agree to arb deals vs trial. Is Farhan the most ruthless GM in mlb?

Ben Clemens

2:11

Ruthless without effect

2:12

totally

Cromulent

2:12

I swear I thought Matt said his OF was a hedgehog. Which, frankly, would be an upgrade on my OF.

Ben Clemens

2:12

spiky

my Ottoneu outfield would probably be an upgrade on a hedgehog? but not by a ton

2:13

Robert, MH2, Bryant, Schneider?

Suwinski? It gets thin fast

2:14

that just reminded me to set my ottoneu lineups, so thank you

McGraw45

2:14

Also, if they held him down that long (to prevent ROY), would it be enough to think about filing a grievance anyways?

Ben Clemens

2:14

No one ever wins these

when Kris Bryant lost his, that was kinda it

b/c what the Cubs did was so blatant

and they got away with it

Lou Purltzman

2:14

I thought Rutschman was hurt. They still might have intended to game his service time but his injury didn't give them the chance no?

Ben Clemens

2:15

i mean it's hard to say, we dunno the exact circumstances of his injury

but it certainly made their decision much easier

Baltimore

2:15

We sent Holiday down so we can play Westburg and trade Westburg May 1 for pitching.

Ben Clemens

2:15

I mean....

most of the teams you'd be trading Westburg to woudl prefer that you not burn his major league service time?

2:16

if you're looking at it from a cold transactional standpoint like that

this just seems bad to me?

MF Luder

2:16

Trimmed down Giancarlo Stanton...maybe he can stay healthy?

Ben Clemens

2:16

Odds say no

bosoxforlife

2:16

How hyped are you about Wyatt Langford? He looks like a monster.

Ben Clemens

2:16

I haven't watched a ton of him, to be honest, I'm gonna let my first impressions form when I watch regular season games

That's always been more fun to me. But the hype is extreme and probably justified

Mark

2:16

What is the deal with the Guardians? Outside of Kwan the OF is a disaster. Why won't they let DeLauter on the Opening Day roster?

Ben Clemens

2:17

the Guardians just seem incapable of fielding an outfield. I think it comes down to the kind of prospects they target in trade, and their internal evaluations

like, they traded Nolan Jones

and they're not dummies

They clearly have a system that pushes them in this direction

Nobody likes the person who asks the lunch Q

2:18

Nobody

Ben Clemens

2:18

I like you

I love talking about lunch, makes me so hungry, and just in time for lunch

Baltimore

2:18

I guess we’re not going with the best 25 north. Will the reporters question it when a GM or manager says it?

Ben Clemens

2:18

I don't know if people remember this, but when Tatis first came to Padres camp as a minor leaguer, Machado started going to every reporter who would listen and saying that Tatis was one of the team's best players and should start the year in the majors

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